Douglas Sager so true. I couldn’t get enough of his music with Julie Driscoll. They were in the middle of a huge explosion of music and they were one of the most polished, sophisticated bands of the bunch.

lucky enough to catch him and the oblivian express(sp) in Atlanta at Richards in the early mid `70s; a friend and I went to see him in Cincinatti (sp) and stood in line in the snow only to find Joan Jett & The Blackhearts when we hit the door so we just left.

….and Keith Emerson with The Nice 😉

@@gktde9874 Emerson was a bit flowery for my taste. Rick Wakeman could play anything. But neither of those guys had the edge that was Auger's trademark style. He avoided using rotating Leslie speakers, which tended to mellow the Hammond B3's sound. Instead he went through guitar-type amps and using them, Auger made the B3 sound manic and agressive. He pioneered modal jazz improvising to a hard rock beat.

Si ci ho parlato anche io nei molti concerti che ho visto in Italia. Un mito. Anzi lui mi disse: "ma che mito,sono vivo!!!" :-)))

Indeed...sharp as.

Happy Holidays Mr.James !! Hope All Is Well !! Peace Brother .. Jimmy ...

I was introduced to Brian's music at age 16 by my brother-in-law in 1972 and I was hooked. I finally had the chance to see him at the Baked Potato in L.A. three times now, sat 5 feet away from him, met and talked at length with him and son Karma. This is a great interview and I keep finding out more tidbits about his history that blow me away ... Brian is linked to so many of my favorite musicians. "Straight ahead" was my anthem as a young man, he will always be an influence to me.

.....Once again astute British scene ( US boobs paired Jimi w Monkees ) chops...Auger is exactly what would have benefited Hendrix.

I don't blame folks for liking or not liking his playing. He's my all time favorite. But trying to denigrate his talent or genius is just plain dumb. I just wish he'd taken better care of himself. We were robbed.

TheBatugan77 Jeffrey robbed us of him. His lifestyle and substance abuse is exaggerated.

Chase Chandler brought Hendrix to England, and Hendix was world famous within 7 days..

@@Texasbluestunes ??...What do you mean?

Paul Shalom ...Jimi manager killed him..

I'm glad I was able to see him before he died. May, 1970. Cactus Steve Miller Grateful Dead Jimi Hendrix

Jimi was beyond amazing, but he was largely emulating Buddy Guy, who played that way long before Hendrix and long after Jimi's death; Hendrix took distortion and feedback to a new level, but his playing was built on Guy's shoulders. To hear true vocabulary changes in the guitar lexicon, one needs to grok Alan Holdsworth's contemporaneous explorations of unusual modes, of Metheney's expansion of what a guitar actually DOES.

@@ralphmunn1685 yep, so obvious too if you watch some of buddy guys early performances. Heavy heavy influence

And it took nearly a decade for Eddie Van Halen to expand guitar further.

McLaughlin and Holdsworth and Wes Montgomery tho 👀👀👀

Fuckin' Right!

He got what was coming to him. I wonder who inherited all the money he stoled from Jimi ??

Absolutely! The horrible twat.

Wow

mike Jeffrey, col Parker etc...doesn't mean buddy miles's right though....Johnny Hallyday sucks

It's Jimi not Jimmy!

@@TIMDRY Jimmy Hendricks, yeah, of Jimmie James and the Blue Flames. He had a duet with Jimmy Shand, called...lighten up, toots. 😛

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TheBatugan77 EC was around before Jimi and was super insecure and was scared of Jimi too

On seeing Hendrix for the first time Jeff Beck said, in his own words, "I'd better find something else to do". Glad he didn't though, Jimi told him he'd lifted the air-raid siren effect from what Beck had played on The Yardbirds' "Happening Ten Years Time Ago" which obviously convinced Beck he should carry on. Hendrix and Clapton had enormous respect for each other's playing, Eric was stunned by Jimi's spontaneity and magic conjuring of previously unimagined sounds , and Jimi was as impressed as everybody else by Eric's control and the efficiency of his bends, vibrato and phrasing, saying "Sometimes I just wish I could play real pretty like that".

So do I - he is a great player and a great guy !

Lots of his vids are available right here on KZfaq.

As a guitarist of 43 years Jimi Hendrix was and will always be The greatest guitarist that ever lived. Just like Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee are still even in death the greatest artists of their craft

Like Clapton, Beck also considered a career change after hearing Jimi play. I'm glad they both stuck with guitar, because both of them have given us great music over the decades.

Well, time to get busy, you got a lot of catching up to do. Cheers!!!

Oh, he was invited to come on stage and play because Hendrix was a big fan. He wa son stage for a short time and then walked out of the club, angry. He was "god" after all... lol

If you’re playing show gigs to make a living, as a side man, or Broadway pit band, etc…then ‘be original’ can get you fired.

Befour è uno dei miei album preferiti in assoluto

No human can sing 5 octaves! That would be the low E open 6th string up to the High E 24th fret of the 1st string. No….

@@THE-HammerMan Roy had a beautiful tenor! However he didn’t have a 5 octave range. I’m sorry.

@@ChromaticHarp OK. Changes made. 3 octaves; with Roy hitting a 4th with a falsetto. You sure are a picky one.

If you are curious about Auger, who was a fantastic keyboard player, check out his videos from that era here on KZfaq.

@@johntechwriter Was??? You made me gasp and go to Wikipedia. Phew! Brian Auger STILL IS a fantastic keyboard player (and a really nice guy). kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ntCffcRj39q1lIk.html to get the blood flowing kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jc5zpdiTmp-xfps.html now turn off the lights, close your eyes... (oldies but goodies, classics really from '74)

jazzynet1 also my favorite BAOE song

Auger had this intense driving style on the Hammond, employing a modal jazz improvisational style that made Jimmy Smith's blues-based improvisation obsolete in about one week.

hmmmmm....

I thought the same thing. I guess what ended up happening was what was written in the stars.

all those great what ifs.... Between Brian Auger , Julie Driscoll and Hendrix ... one band could never contain that much power..... Like Jeff Beck and Rory Gallagher being considered as Mick Taylor's replacement in the Stones before settling on Ronnie. Those two would have never sat back in the Mick Keith operation.Some folks are leaders others are born sidemen... Strange though ,when ELP got together Jimi was interested in joining them ( according to Fripp who was also interested ) but Keith Emerson wasn't keen to work with a guitar player it seemed.... All we can do is wonder ....

Yeah Jimi was the only thing good about the Experience How about Chris Squire and Ansley Dunbar or ANY other top shelf UK players Wish M Jeffrey was never in the picture

@@arvidsmith1038 By the time Mick Taylor left A) the Rolling Stones were finished B) the over dominant Keith Richards would have dampened or put out the fire of any new replacement..Jeff Beck would have lasted one album and one tour..As far as Keith Richards is concerned it is his Franchise..no one is going to get a piece of it man.And that is what made that group obsolete.

@PICK THIS There is no documentation that ever happened. The story is apocryphal likely started by a Kath fan. Another version says it was Rory Gallagher. Truth is he never made such a comment about anyone. On Cavett when Dick said he was called the greatest guitarist in the world, Jimi said "How about the greatest sitting in this chair". A very humble man. Especially considering he was the best. His style of rhythm playing is still almost impossible to emulate and the sounds he was able to get given the lack of technology available is just unreal.

@J P OOOPPs I wrote that wrong. Your right! My favorite pat of Jimi is Humility of his playing and knowing he was around some of the most amazing players ever. Man if there was video of him and John MCcLaughlin.

brianparrishmusic. I gotta SUBMARINE! in the middle of the SAHARA DESERT 🏜!!!! C'mon, I'll take ya 4 uh dive.

Maybe you should listen to Robin Trower and Stevie Ray Vaughn. Both of whom learned a lot from Hendrix and graduated with honors.

@@knybee I cover all three of them 3sets worth of material almost 4hrs of music

Well stated

SRV could replicate Jimi’s sound as close as anyone I’ve heard.

His song writing was many miles away from Jimi NOT even in the same hemisphere, just loud country blues with aggression jimi was from another planet musically

No need to insult the man ;)

@@martintaper7997 O.K. I'll say he's better looking than Depardieu. How about that?

Dunno about that, Grant was mad into the Charlie himself..

Nah, Jimi and Brian's styles would totally have clashed. And, both of them were leaders, not ready to share the spotlight.

Pete Townsend to Jeff Beck as Pete was walking out of the club..

In his time, Jimi ruled, nowadays there are youngsters on KZfaq who play far beyond what Jimi could imagine. Music evolves.

@@ChromaticHarp brotha first of all nobody can play like Hendrix idc who it is, “ technically “ sure but no cover can put do Hendrix version. Randy Hansen who’s Been imitating jimi for about 40 years hasn’t yet. Hendrix isn’t about soley guitar playing. Either u need to listen to more Hendrix to understand or you need more soul.

@@nasc1008 there has never been anyone to play like Jimi, he still blows me away… has been a huge influence on so many…including Miles Davis and the like!

@@ChromaticHarp no there isnt. None of them can write a song worth a fuck, and songwriting is more important than fretboard masturbation.

Man Jay where you there?

I'm sorry but you're wrong. After that first Cromwellian gig, the Scotch of St. James was hired for rehearsals, hence the confusion. In fact, I met Noel Redding in a Denmark Street coffee shop, on his way to try out as bass player for what was to become The Experience.

Over the last 50 years memories and stories you've heard tend to become conflated and things like his version of the Clapton story result. By most accounts the first time Clapton heard Jimi was when Chas asked if he could jam with Cream at one of their gigs. They did Killing Floor with Clapton and Jimi sharing the same amp. Not only did Jimi play like nothing they'd ever heard before but he did some of his stage show of behind the back and head as well and Clapton was really affected. None of them had actually seen any of their blues idols live in their prime and only knew about their relatively tame album cuts. JImi was something completely out of their realm of experience. Had Jimi playing with Brian Auger been the first time Clapton saw him that you can bet that jam with Cream would never have taken place. Pete Townsend says that Clapton called and invited him to an Experience gig having never called Pete before. He said that when they went in Beck was coming out and told Pete there's this guy stealing your feedback stuff. The story goes that the English musicians of the time decided that the way to deal with Jimi's talent was to claim him as one of their own rather than feel intimidated. What they didn't know was that Jimi already looked up to many of them and was only interested in their appreciation and acceptance something he hadn't found back home so he was only too happy to be part of the English music scene.

@@kkjhn41 This is the story I heard many years ago.

@robinstevenson1098 MARQUEE club. Early `67.

Mercy, you are dating yourself! As if I can talk. Lol! Sounds like a fabulous show! When Winterland was being torn down I snuck in with a co-worker. Made sure they weren't using the wrecking ball that day. There were a few posters on the wall. It was the last look. Took a little chuck of the building as a souvenir. Lost it during a move.

@@adc2327 look for the green poster with an eggplant with eyes for that show ! I was a shocked 15 year old when they first played The Lemon Song!

@@TheDivayenta Found your poster. It was an avocado! I had almost forgotten about the Lemon Song. Lol! Growing up in the Bay Area was the best for a music fan like me.

Jimi was from another planet he came to visit. Even today we are still looking for him.

@myvibebeats Parasites in suits & ties with pen & paper in hand, just wanted to make MONEY! off of jimis` labor. Jimi worked his ass off, paid his dues before going to LONDON.

Steve Gould absolutely. 👍

For any music historians out there, I also learned recently that one of Hendrix's early appearances was supporting the Alan Bown Set on the south coast in a polytechnique collega somewhere (Portsmouth or Southamton most likely) as told to me by the set's bass play Stan Haldane. He said that it all seemed pretty disorganised and Hendrix didn't even have his own guitar but had to borrow one. Then he said six month's later the Alan Bown Set were supporting Jimi Hendrix!